It smells like mango and acts like neither turmeric nor ginger. Its aroma comes from myrcene and terpinolene, and its profile differs from other Curcuma species.
During COVID-19, Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences found that panduratin A, fingerroot’s main compound, was active against SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture.
Turmeric’s cousin has a compound regular turmeric lacks: xanthorrhizol, with documented liver-protective and antibacterial mechanisms. Same genus, different pharmacology.
Temulawak Curcuma xanthorrhiza : Turmeric’s Cousin Does Something Turmeric Cannot Read More »
Better sports-science evidence than most pharmacy supplements, plus claims that are overstated and some that are dangerous. The cancer “alkaline therapy” myth is named and corrected first.
The compounds studied for blood sugar come from the same plant chemistry that makes peria bitter. The bitterness is not separate from the medicine.
Peria : The Bitterness Is the Medicine. Read More »
Leaves, pods, flowers, seeds, roots and tubers: every part of the winged bean is edible. Called “the soybean of the tropics” for its complete protein.
Kacang botol : Every Single Part of This Plant Is Edible. Read More »
Called ginseng, but not Panax at all. A roadside plant from a different family, with its own compounds and its own genuine adaptogenic research.
Javanese Ginseng : It Is Called Ginseng. It Is Not Panax At All. Read More »
The Sidr tree is mentioned in the Quran and has a long history in traditional medicine. Modern research is looking at how its compounds act on GABA receptors.
Bidara : The Tree of Paradise Has a GABA Receptor Mechanism Read More »
Malaysia’s most famous medicinal herb: strong wound-healing and venous evidence, and cognitive evidence more honest than most people tell you. Where it earned its reputation, and where it did not.
Pegaga : The Herb That Earned Its Reputation —and Where It Did Not. Read More »
Honey is among the most faked foods on earth, and the home tests you have seen shared do not work. What actually matters, and the research on three honeys relevant to Malaysia.
Honey : The Real Thing, the Fake Thing and How to Tell Them Apart. Read More »